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Employee Savings Plan | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Employee Savings Plan | NOTE 10 Employee Savings Plan The Company has an Employee Savings Plan (401(k)) in which substantially all employees with more than 30 days of service are eligible to participate. Under this plan, Brown & Brown makes matching contributions, of up to 2.5% of each participant’s annual compensation. Further, the Plan authorizes the Company to make a discretionary profit-sharing contribution each year, which equaled 1.5% of each eligible employee’s compensation in each of the past three years years. The Company’s contributions to the plan totaled $14,266,000 in 2012, $11,866,000 in 2011, and $11,376,000 in 2010.

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